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herky-jerky

[hur-kee-jur-kee]

adjective

  1. progressing in a fitfully jerky or irregular manner.

    He hadn’t used a gearshift in years, so the ride home was a bit herky-jerky.



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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of herky-jerky1

First recorded in 1955–60; rhyming compound based on jerk 1, -y 1
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The junior point guard entered the transfer portal on Wednesday, ending a herky-jerky career as a Bruin in which he rose from a rarely used freshman to a star during the second half of his sophomore season before taking a considerable step back as a junior.

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As Nate stands inside this place that’s entirely out of character for his dad, he daydreams about what his father might have done, a string of visions that includes Jenkins doing a herky-jerky dance to Ted Nugent’s ā€œJourney to the Center of the Mindā€ and ripping bong hits with bikers, ending on a darkly hilarious note with Nathaniel Sr. turning into a sniper.

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He suggested that ā€œugly women… I mean feministsā€ won’t want to hear this, but that candidates need to win over swing states by ā€œmaking a farmer feel like he’s got a shot. Burr moved on to Trump, mocking his herky-jerky moves, which he said might have thwarted an assassination attempt, and chiding him for his appearance at a McDonald’s. ā€œThat’s the only time I’ve ever seen that guy truly happy,ā€ Burr said.

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One string of scenes that follows Mel’s hospital stay physicalizes the sensation of being on prescription painkillers by showing her and her co-stars break into choreographed body rolls and herky-jerky movements during normal conversations – a creative way of capturing the experience of being cognizant but not all there while mightily striving to maintain the appearance of being fine.

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Unlike running or my herky-jerky stints on the Nordic Machine strider in the basement, there was no specter of calories.

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